November 24, 2007
marry me
while watching little house on the prairie we pause it frequently to discuss what’s happening and talk through what they should do or what we think they’ll do next. this morning we were watching the second part of the “remember me” episode where mr. edwards asks grace to marry him and takes the widow’s children for their own. at one point i paused and asked what the kids thought mr. edwards was thinking about and my girl yelled out, “him feelings!” yep, i have a girl!
and towards the end, as i was crying and hoping that he’d ask grace to marry him my kids all started chanting, “do what’s right, do what’s right!” and then right after he asked her to marry him and i was crying and my oldest was cheering, my 4 year old looked at me and said, “i’ll marry you, mama.”
November 20, 2007
puzzling
i love when they help each other. especially these two, where rivalry is an understatement.
November 20, 2007
no time
for all you faithful readers – i’m still here. and i promise that i’m still reading your site. every single post. however, these crawling days are making me long for the colic days. okay, not really, but at least i was physically more rested then, if not mentally. my youngest is keeping me running. literally. constantly. and my girl has not relented in her love of smothering him in kisses. so i steal time when i can to post. and to read. but the commenting has fallen by the wayside. and i hate it, because i live for y’all’s comments. but i’m here. and i’ll be back to my heavy commenting self soon. just as soon as i adjust to this new phase. or buy baby gates.
November 19, 2007
pulling all the way up!
(okay, so it’s a little blurry, but i was running to catch it!)
November 19, 2007
thanksgiving projects
this is a little of what we’ve been working on for the upcoming holiday. we took a blank calendar and i’ve been putting our things we’re thankful for in the squares. with the goal of filling it full and thanking our Father for them. we also have talked about the settlers and the indians and the hard winter and the crops of the second year and that first feast. we’ve colored pictures of a dinner and placed them on a table. i’ve asked them to see what food groups they can identify at our own thanksgiving dinner coming up that resembles this dinner. and we’ve talked about how all good gifts come from our Father.
November 17, 2007
overheard
all three big ones looking at the dust particles in front of the sunny window:my 4 year old- “look at all the little things flying in the air.”my 6 year old- “i think they’re little stars falling down all around us.”
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my 4 year old to my 6 year old after the 4 year old peed in the potty:
“have you listened to how it sounds when you pee? it sounds like a man talking really fast and then when you flush he says, ’shhh.’”
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my 8 month old was crying while i was getting ready to go to town and my 4 year old said, “does he want to be milked, mama?” laughing, i said, ”no, i don’t think he wants to be nursed right now.” and then my 4 year old said, “maybe he just wants a pick-up. he really likes pick-ups. (after a long pause) i really love pick-ups too.”
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my 4 year old:
“i don’t like cupcakes. because after you lick all the icing off, they’re just boring under there.”
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me to all 3 big ones, ” y’all are sweet as pie. do you know it?”
my 4 year old to me, “you’re sweeter than pie, mama.”
my oldest, “our baby is sweeter than 3 pies.”
November 17, 2007
thankfulness for big families and homeschooling
while reading “Charlotte’s Web” we got to the chapter titled “Loneliness” and i paused to ask the boys if they knew what loneliness meant. “uh, no.” so i explained. and then i asked them if they’d ever felt lonely before.
my oldest thought for a moment and said simply, “no.”
